Event Details

UPCOMING EVENTS:

August 9th, 2012:Occupy JRC will be co-hosting another event targeted at bring an end to the Judge Rotenberg Center on Thursday, August 9th in Albany at the Capitol Building from 12pm to 4pm. Stay tunes for more details!

PAST EVENTS:

June 2nd, 2012: Thank
you to all who came out in the rain on June 2nd to support the end to
torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. All told - and in spite of
reduced numbers due to rain - we had over 100 people join Occupy JRC's
efforts including former JRC teachers and students, Canton residents and
people from as far away as California, Florida and Virginia.

We
are also pleased to report that there was a strong presence from the
press at both the Boston Rally and Canton March including Fox 25, the
Boston Globe and local Canton media.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ben Gran (of Federal Way,

Washington
People First and ASAN Seattle who
donated the airline miles that let us get Greg Miller to the protest!),
Ari Ne'eman and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (who donated
substantial time and funds in addition to Ari's speaking talents
at the protest itself!), Change.org (for helping to promote the event
and donating signs, time and people power), Voices of the Heart and the
Western Mass Recovery Learning Community (RLC) (for lots of technical
support, time and beyond!), The
Canton Police (for being so flexible and helpful in our planning and
marching in Canton!), and to the many, many, many others who donated
their time, energy and
funds to supporting the Occupy JRC event and stopping the torture of
children at JRC. (We do not have permission to thank you all by name, but want to thank you nonetheless!)

Thank
you also to the GREAT speakers who came out to join us including
Senator Brian A. Joyce, Cheryl McCollins (Andre's mother), Ari Ne'eman
(Autistic Self Advocacy Network), Dan Fisher (National Empowerment
Center), Kat Whitehead (Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of
Youth), Stephen Mark Shore (Adelphi University) and Greg Miller (former
JRC staff). See here for more information on the day's speakers.